diff --git a/spikes/auth/bell/.gitignore b/spikes/auth/bell/.gitignore
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+/node_modules
+/npm-debug.log
+.idea
diff --git a/spikes/auth/bell/package.json b/spikes/auth/bell/package.json
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+{
+  "name": "bell-auth-spike",
+  "version": "1.0.0",
+  "scripts": {
+    "start": "node src/index.js"
+  },
+  "main": "src/index.js",
+  "private": true,
+  "dependencies": {
+    "bell": "^8.3.0",
+    "hapi": "^15.2.0",
+    "hapi-auth-cookie": "^6.1.1",
+    "inert": "^4.0.2",
+    "require-dir": "^0.3.1"
+  }
+}
diff --git a/spikes/auth/bell/readme.md b/spikes/auth/bell/readme.md
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+# hapi 
+
+Integrations to consider: 
+ - [x] [Github](https://github.com/hapijs/bell/blob/master/Providers.md#github)
+ - [x] [Bitbucket](https://github.com/hapijs/bell/blob/master/Providers.md#bitbucket)
+ - [x] [Gitlab](https://github.com/hapijs/bell/blob/master/Providers.md#gitlab) (hosted and on-premise)
+ - [x] [Facebook](https://github.com/hapijs/bell/blob/master/Providers.md#facebook)
+ - [x] [Twitter](https://github.com/hapijs/bell/blob/master/Providers.md#twitter)
+
+Aspects to consider: 
+ - [x] Hapi integration
+ - [x] Consistency
+ - [x] Battle tested
+ 
+Regarding "Battle tested": 
+ 
+[Bell](https://github.com/hapijs/bell) has 383 stars and 8664 downloads in the last month. It's nowhere near the 757640 downloads that passport has. However [Eran Hammer](https://github.com/hueniverse) was the lead author and editor of the OAuth2 spec and although he isn't the official maintainer of [Bell](https://github.com/hapijs/bell), he was the creator of it and the second most active contributor.
+
+I wasn't able to find a list of companies using it, I found that developers from the following companies contributed to it:
+ - Joyent
+ - Walmart Labs
+ - Booking.com
+ - Microsoft
+ - Expedia
+ - Yahoo
+
+Being the official Hapi module for third-party authentication, I think it's safe to assume that most companies using Hapi that have this need use this module.
+
+
+## example `stratagies.json`
+
+```json
+[{
+  "provider": "twitter",
+  "password": "YChZVgVJQyG0Te3lpYzc+9Ag0PuQfUX0ilG3nHIvIlU=",
+  "clientId": "",
+  "clientSecret": "",
+  "isSecure": false
+}, {
+  "provider": "github",
+  "password": "YChZVgVJQyG0Te3lpYzc+9Ag0PuQfUX0ilG3nHIvIlU=",
+  "clientId": "",
+  "clientSecret": "",
+  "isSecure": false
+}]
+```
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diff --git a/spikes/auth/bell/src/index.js b/spikes/auth/bell/src/index.js
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+const requireDir = require('require-dir');
+const strategies = require('./strategies');
+const plugins = require('./plugins');
+const routes = requireDir('./routes');
+const Hapi = require('hapi');
+const path = require('path');
+const fs = require('fs');
+
+const server = new Hapi.Server();
+
+server.connection({
+  host: 'localhost',
+  port: 8000
+});
+
+server.register(plugins, (err) => {
+  if (err) {
+    throw err;
+  }
+
+  strategies.forEach((s) => server.auth.strategy(s.provider, 'bell', s));
+
+  Object.keys(routes).forEach((name) => {
+    routes[name](server);
+  });
+
+  server.start((err) => {
+    server.connections.forEach((conn) => {
+      console.log(`started at: ${conn.info.uri}`);
+    });
+  });
+});
diff --git a/spikes/auth/bell/src/plugins.js b/spikes/auth/bell/src/plugins.js
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+++ b/spikes/auth/bell/src/plugins.js
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+module.exports = [
+  require('inert'),
+  require('hapi-auth-cookie'),
+  require('bell')
+];
diff --git a/spikes/auth/bell/src/routes/auth.js b/spikes/auth/bell/src/routes/auth.js
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+const path = require('path');
+
+module.exports = (server) => {
+  server.route({
+    method: ['GET', 'POST'],
+    path: '/auth/twitter',
+    config: {
+      auth: 'twitter',
+      handler: (request, reply) => {
+        if (!request.auth.isAuthenticated) {
+          return reply('Authentication failed due to: ' + request.auth.error.message);
+        }
+
+        reply(`Welcome ${request.auth.credentials.profile.displayName}`);
+      }
+    }
+  });
+
+  server.route({
+    method: ['GET', 'POST'],
+    path: '/auth/github',
+    config: {
+      auth: 'github',
+      handler: (request, reply) => {
+        if (!request.auth.isAuthenticated) {
+          return reply('Authentication failed due to: ' + request.auth.error.message);
+        }
+
+        console.log(request.auth);
+
+        reply(`Welcome ${request.auth.credentials.profile.displayName}`);
+      }
+    }
+  });
+};
diff --git a/spikes/auth/bell/src/routes/home.js b/spikes/auth/bell/src/routes/home.js
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+const path = require('path');
+
+module.exports = (server) => {
+  server.route({
+    method: 'GET',
+    path: '/',
+    handler: (request, reply) => {
+      reply.file(path.join(__dirname, '../../static/index.html'));
+    }
+  });
+};
diff --git a/spikes/auth/bell/src/routes/version.js b/spikes/auth/bell/src/routes/version.js
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+const Pkg = require('../../package.json');
+
+const internals = {
+  response: {
+    version: Pkg.version
+  }
+};
+
+module.exports = (server) => {
+  server.route({
+    method: 'GET',
+    path: '/ops/version',
+    config: {
+      description: 'Returns the version of the server',
+      handler: (request, reply) => reply(internals.response)
+    }
+  });
+};
diff --git a/spikes/auth/bell/src/strategies.json b/spikes/auth/bell/src/strategies.json
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+[]
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diff --git a/spikes/auth/bell/static/index.html b/spikes/auth/bell/static/index.html
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+<!DOCTYPE html>
+<html>
+<head>
+  <meta charset="utf-8">
+  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
+</head>
+<body>
+  <h1>Hello from the auth example</h1>
+  <p>you can authenticate using the following services:</p>
+  <ul>
+    <li><a href="/auth/twitter">Twitter</a></li>
+    <li><a href="/auth/github">Github</a></li>
+  </ul>
+</body>
+</html>